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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN mkdir -p instance
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "gunicorn.conf.py", "wsgi:app"]